Clutch/Transmission probs.

When I lift the clutch up and accelerate something makes a grinding noise for a second until the clutch is fully bedded in. however im not getting any slippage from the clutch so im not sure its that. any ideas as to what else it could be? and any fixes if poss?

it isn't gonna be cheap lets put it that way lol. i think it is also known as a clutch release bearing. will probably be better if you buy a whole clutch kit if yours has not been changed in a while as you dont want to be paying someone to strip the gearbox off to just do the bearing if you could need to pay someone to do it again in a couple of months

lol wait for a rear wheel bearing to go hahaha. £140 later :shock: i need to replace the other one but the car is for sale now so its up to the new owner lol

For a Mazda part, maybe. I rang our local dealer and got quoted roughly that for Marvin's… uh... replacement. It's not strictly the MX-3 part, so I rang around some motor factors and got that specific part for £60ish.

As for pukka MX-3 parts: Probe Store have rear bearings for £68-70 quid. They're listed under the 323F(BA), but they're the same part.

Eddy how did you get on mate?
hopefully its just the bearing and not the whole clutch, or warn fingers
on the pressure plate.
if you do need a new one I would personally spend the appropiate dough and buy an OE clutch like Valeo .

Hi Eddy, I had to do a clutch in my red one, I could hear a slight swoosh noise whenever I changed gear then it just went big time, that was the bearing. I ended up lifting the whole engine out and putting it back in a weekend, thats 2 people and about 18hrs work :cry: